Changing Trends in Management Following Artificial Urinary Sphincter Surgery for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database

To characterize the safety and practice patterns of artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) placement on a population level. Increasingly artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) implantation has shifted to be an outpatient surgery; however, there is a lack of large-scale research evaluating factors associated with early ( ≤24 hours) versus late (>24 hours) discharges and complications in men following AUS placement. We utilized the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database to identify and compare factors and outcomes associated with each approach.

Source: Urology - October 16, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Thomas M. Shelton, Scott C. Brimley, Hoang Minh Tue Nguyen, Igor Voznesensky, Mahmoud I. Khalil, Bruno Machado, Naleen Raj Bhandari, Nalin Payakachat, Rodney Davis, Mohamed H. Kamel, Omer A. Raheem, Cooper Benson Tags: Reconstructive Urology Source Type: research